other than "that's what I saw on tv/innernets", what makes you think that?

breaking into garages will yield plenty of lawn mowers and other gasoline powered devices to siphon from...not many diesel mowers.

Doesn't require electrical ignition, so no spark plugs. Can also run on other types of fuel and you can make your own bio-diesel from vegetable oil pretty easily. Plus the engine lasts about twice as long and is easier to maintain.

other than "that's what I saw on tv/innernets", what makes you think that?

breaking into garages will yield plenty of lawn mowers and other gasoline powered devices to siphon from...not many diesel mowers.

for my zombie bike: yeah, prolly my DR650

For starters it's easier to home cook diesel with the scavenged gasoline and have even more fuel. And breaking into garages assumes that these properties are a) vacant or b) homeowners not willing/able to protect them. The lenth of shtf scenario will determine if gasoline or diesel is the better fuel choice - short term gasoline, indefinite timeframe - probably diesel.

For starters it's easier to home cook diesel with the scavenged gasoline and have even more fuel. And breaking into garages assumes that these properties are a) vacant or b) homeowners not willing/able to protect them. The lenth of shtf scenario will determine if gasoline or diesel is the better fuel choice - short term gasoline, indefinite timeframe - probably diesel.

I love my turbo cummins I have right now.. but it's a PAIN in the ass finding diesel out in the boonies sometimes.. I'd hate to think about post zombie.

I think a diesel would last for 100's of thousands more miles.. but unless you could process it, or vegetable oil or some shit.. I'd go gasoline?

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Originally Posted by Ashex

Doesn't require electrical ignition, so no spark plugs. Can also run on other types of fuel and you can make your own bio-diesel from vegetable oil pretty easily. Plus the engine lasts about twice as long and is easier to maintain.

Well, yes. But more importantly you don't need to know how. First, as long as it's warm enough not to gel, you can use "SVO" aka "straight vegetable oil" if it's clean.

You know what else you can pour into a diesel and it will just run? Motor oil. ATF. Diesel mixed with any of the above. (some people soil themselves at the idea of using ATF but I can assure you it's common for oil change places to "know a guy" who picks up the ATF for free and drives an old truck

A diesel would run on bacon grease if you could filter the junk out first.

pure biodiesel, commonly referred to as B99 is vegetable oil (reclaimed french fry oil, etc) that has had the glycerin removed through a process with lye and alcohol.

So check those lawn mowers you drain to see if I haven't taken the crankcase oil yet.

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